Rerailing device.



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RERAILING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED Jmzv, 1914.

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RBRAILING DEVICE.

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FRANK L. PARKER, OF ANAMOSA, IOWA.

RERAILING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 10, 1914.

Application filed January 27, 1914. Serial No. 814,758.

T0 all whom t may concern Be it known that I, FRANK L. PARKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Anamosa, in the county of Jones and State 0f Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rerailing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in re-railing devices whereby cars which have jumped the tracks may be easily and quickly repositioned upon the tracks.

In carrying out my invention I aim to simplify and improve the existing art by constructing a device of this character which consists of a platform having a rail hook integrally formed therewith which may be readily arranged upon a rail, and which is provided with a base plate that may be quickly attached to either of its ends, the said base plate being provided with a pivoted wheel guard rail which may be swung with relation to the platform to be properly positioned to receive and to guide the wheels of the rolling stock to the platform, and within wheel flange guide grooves formed upon the upper face of the platform, and adapted to quickly replace the car upon the tracks at a comparatively small amount of physical exertion.

Other objects and advantages of the device will appear as the nature of the invention is more fully disclosed, the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification, illustrating a preferred embodiment of the improvement reduced to practice.

In the drawings: Figure l is a top plan view of the improvement in applied position upon railway rails, Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2, Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2, Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the complete improvement, Fig. 7 is a perspective View of the platform shown at the upper portion of Fig. l. Fig. 8 is a detail vertical longitudinal sectional view illustrating the manner of connecting the platform and the guide rail with the base plate 14. Fig. 9 is a detail plan view of one end of the base plate, Fig. l() is a detail perspective view of the outer or enlarged end of the base plate, illustrating a modification.

In the accompanying drawings, the rails of a track are indicated by the characters R-R, and my improvement, which iS adapted to serve as a means whereby a derailed car may be again positioned upon the tracks, is indicated broadly by the numeral 1.

The improvement necessarily embodies two members, one of which is attached to one of the rails R-R, so that the wheels of the truck between the rails and to the exterior of one of the rails will be simultaneously guided when moved to position it upon the rails. However, both of the structures are substantially similar, and therefore, the detail description of one of the pairs of rerails may be understood as applying equallyv to the second member or rerailer.

Each of the rerailers includes a substantially rectangular member which, for the sake of convenience, I will hereinafter refer to as the platform, and which is indicated by the numeral 2. The platform comprises a vertical side 3 which extends the entire length of the platform, the said side being of a comparatively great thickness, and has its lower face horizontally straight and is adapted to rest upon the ties either between the rails or to one side of one of thc rails. The head 4 of the platform has its central portion horizontally straight, but inclines downwardly at its ends, as indicated by the characters 5. The head 4 is formed with diagonally disposed grooves 6 and 7 respectively, the said grooves closin at the central portion of the upper face o the platform. The head 4 has its longitudinal edge, opposite to that provided by the side 3, formed with a downturned flange 8, the same being arranged at a right angle to the horizontally straight central portion of the top of the platform, and being of a length equaling the length of the platform. The flange 8 has its lower edge provided with an inturned longitudinally extending portion or shoulder 9. and which provides, what I will term a rail hook, the said shoulder being adapted to be arranged beneath the head of one of the rails R-R, while the head 4 rests upon the portion of the platform between the flange 8 and an inner longitudinally extending wall 10, the said wall 10 starting from the inner terminals of the groove 6, or the terminals of said groove nearest the flange 8. It is, of course, to be understood that the upper wall of the platform between the flange 8 and the vertically disposed wall or ledge 10 is shaped to agree with the head of the rail, while the said ledge 10 and the inner face of the flange 8 are likewise shaped to engage with the sides of the head of the rail, and by such an arrangement no auxiliary or supplemental means are necessary for effectively sustaining the platform engaged with the rail and held thereon against lateral or vertical movement.

The outer corners of the platform, as well as the ends of the side 3 are formed with a substantially semi-cylindrical vertically disposed depression or pocket 11, and the side 3, at its ends, has its lower face cut longitudinally for a suitable distance, as indicated by the numerals 12, the upper faces of the undercut portions 12 being horizontally straight, and the shoulders 13, providing the terminals of said undercut portions 12, are arranged at a right angle to the longitudinal plane of the side 3. These shoulders provide abutments for a flat substantially rectangular base plate 14. This base plate has its underface formed with spurs 15, so that when the same is arranged upon the ties of the roadbed, the spikes will enter the said ties and prevent a movement of the plate in any direction. The end of the plate arranged within the undercut portion 12 at one of the corners of the platform 2 is provided with a vertically projecting stud 16 which is adapted to enter the socket or opening 17 provided in each undercut portion 12 of the side 3. This arrangement permits of the base plate 14 being positioned to either of the outer corners at the ends of the platform, and of course, permits of the separation of the base plate from the platform, so that the same may be placed upon or against one of the sides of the said platform, to make a comparatively small bundle for conveying or storing, when the device is not in use.

The numeral 18 designates the guide rail for directing the wheels of a derailed coach to one of the grooves of the platform and whereby the said wheels of the coach are to be directed by the said groove to repositon the same upon one of the rails R-R. The wheel guide rail 18 includes a base flange 19 from which arises a body 20, the upper face of said body being inclined to one of its ends to its opposite end, and the wide end is rounded, as at 21, and is provided upon its lower face with an opening or socket 22 which receives a rounded vertically projecting pintle or stud 23 which is provided upon the base plate 14, a suitable distance from the stud 16. The stud or pintle 23 provides a hinged connection between the guide rail and the base plate, as well as a hinged connection between the platform and the guide rail, as the rounded end 21 of the wheel rail is received within one of the rounded corners 11 of the platform. The outer end of the wheel guide rail 18, above its flange 19, is provided with a horizontally disposed elongated slot 24, through which passes a flat strap 25 that has its opposite edges curved to arrange the same concentrically with the pivot 23, the said strap having its ends downturned and connected with the longitudinal edges of the plate 14.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such invention appertains, without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. A car rerailer including a platform having its upper face provided with diagonally disposed wheel guide grooves which cross each other centrally of the platform, said platform having one of its sides provided with a rail-engaging hook, a removable plate connected with one of the outer corners of the platform, said plate having its underface formed with spurs, a pivoted guide rail upon the plate and a guard strap for the guide rail to sustain the same against vertical movement with relation to the base plate and to limit the swinging movement of the said guide rail upon the base plate.

2. A car rerailer including a platform, said platform comprising a side, a top, a flange arranged at a right angle to the top and an inturned shoulder formed upon the lower edge of the flange, the top having diagonally arranged wheel guide grooves, the corners of the platform provided with the side having vertically disposed approximately semi-cylindrical depressions, the lower faces of the corners being undercut and provided with a vertically disposed socket, a flat rectangular base plate of a thickness equaling the undercut portion of the side, said base plate having a stud adapted to enter the socket at one of the corners of the platform, the said platform being further provided with a vertically disposed pintle, a guide rail which includes a base and a vertical body portion which terminates in a head, the said head being inclined from one of the ends of the guide rail to the lower corner at the opposite end of said guide rail, the widened portion of the guide rail being round and having its lower face formed with a socket to receive the said pintle, whereby In testimon whereof I affix my signature die lounded face may be reclived wfithin oe in presence o two witnesses.

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guide rail having a transvers slot, and a FRANK L' PARKER' 5 strap passing through the slot, the said strap Witnesses:

having its opposite ends downturned and F. L. BRINACOMBE,

connected with the plate. M. D. BAGLEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

